he pointed to cardinal dolan. they got in a good joke before the candidates took the stage. >> they have had an excellent dinner, we are told. let me just let our viewers in the united states and around the world what these 1,600 people have eaten. some poached lobster tail, rosemary-sauced rack of lamb with risotto. baby zucchini, a confit tomato and for dessert, dark chocolate tropical fruit cadeau, i don't know and petit fours. >> gloria, help me with those words. >> i took french at one point in my life. >> i think it means present. >> it does. it does. one thing i am reminded of, wolf, is how important presidential joke writers are, candidate joke writers are when you are in a high-profile situation like this. the president is always put on the spot when he has to tell jokes before a comedian. here tonight, both candidates are in a different competition. it will be who can be more self-deprecating, who can be more gracious? at the same time, being funny. these two men, they don't like each other very much. th

hierarchy, cardinal dolan. for others, they would say, it's going to give mitt romney some good kred because it will humanize him because he's so funny. >> we'll see what happens tonight. thank you very much. >>> tonight nbc news will release polls taken in iowa and wisconsin before and after tuesday's debate. kind of a snapshot. we get the first read in here with mark murray to talk about the numbers released shortly in a couple of hours. the family of the suspect accused of plotting to bomb the federal reserve says they are stunned. we'll get the latest live. new information there. being sure to check out the "news nation" tumblr page. there's behind the scenes photographs of one of my producers, cory you. this is jen's music selection. sorry, cory. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with a low national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to fo

[applause] your eminence, cardinal dolan, mr. president, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer, al and ann smith, thank you for your invitation. thank you for your extraordinarily warm welcome. ann and i appreciate your friendship very, very. thank you. [applause] now al, you are rights, a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning perhaps, a suit for a lunch fundraiser, sportcoat for dinner, but it's no doubt nice to finally relax and wear to ann and i wear around the house. [laughter] i'm glad to be able to join in this venerable tradition. of course i'm pleased that the president is here. we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened. [laughter] and i credit that, of course, to the cardinal. it's taken new york's highest spiritual authority to gets us back on our best behavior. i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening, because he'll laugh at anything. [laughter] of course this isn't a nice for serious politics. and it wa

he was a starving shelter dogged rescued by the dolans five years ago.and zander took daily walks around the neighborhood. so, when john was hospitalized, zander was distraught. >> of course. we're buddies. he came to see me. >> reporter: his 70-pound husky is like a son to him. and zander's devotion truly shows why dogs are called man's best friend. >> i think i have a new best friend this morning. this dog is so cute. john and priscilla dolan, joining us live the studio. zander's crying a little bit. i'm not sure why. he's excited. is there any doubt in your mind that he was coming to see you? or is there any chance this was a coincidence? >> well, i mean, he was on his way to the hospital. i don't know. was he on his way to hollywood? i don't know. >> after this, yes. priscilla, what do you think? >> i think he was looking for john. he was very sad when john was gone. very sad and mopey. i think he missed him. >> what was your initial reaction when you found out that he came to the hospital? >> we couldn't believe it. i was sleeping. and i got a call.

him.when john dolan was condition...his 7-year-old &phusky "zander" took it hard.y ander broke out o his bay shore home and made pospital....likely crossinn a four lane roaddto get there. a poopital employee found the dog outside of the building.it was a visitthis owner says hh'll never forget. "he's my boy. i mman, we dont have children. we haae 3 beautiful dogs. he's my buddy. i walk with him a lot so we lot."a couple of dayy later owner a 2-nd time. 3 that's all for

an employee found him on the street outside the building where dolan was being treated. >> i mean, heo new jersey and stopped by the hospital because of the smells of the bacon and food from the cafeteria or he was coming to see me. i don't know. it's an incredible story. i didn't believe it either. you know, it's funny. right, big boy? huh? >> yeah. the dolans adopted zander from a shelter five years ago and nursed him back from starvation and said he has been like a son ever since. how did that dog know where the hospital was? >> maybe he lives five minutes from the hospital. >> a mile and a half. wouldn't take that long. a speedy dog could get there. but nonetheless. >> makes for a great story. >> absolutely right. dogs are clearly everybody's best friend. >> at least i think so. >> speaking of the weather story, a little confusing. >> i will bring clarity to your weekend forecast in two minutes. don't go away. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new lexus es comes with a story still untold. ♪ places it will take you. ♪ dreams it will make come true. ♪ with technology and style to match y

they think dolan family will make another run at taking this baby private.rd time is the charm. >>> oil and gas company mexen is falling today. >> a reuters story suggested the seanook-nexen deal may be in jeopardy because the canadian government dropped a recent $5 billion offer for canada's progress energy. they have a law that says any deal that's done with a canadian company with a foreign buyer it has to be a net gain for canada. >>> goldman sachs is failing on the "b" and the "i" on the term brics it did in fact coin a couple years ago. >> these funds haven't even been around long. >> they only launched them last year. they launched four of them along with a china fund. they're keeping the china fund but they are shuttering the south korean, indian and also brazilian mutual funds. problem is since they launched them they've only been able to garner less than $10 million, or around $10 million. >> that's million with an "m," not "b." >> for goldman, that's an epic fail. no, maybe it is the tipping point for etfs. >>> investors are waiting for the big an

. >> cardinal dolan, mr. president, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer, al and ann smith, thank you for your invitation. thank you for your extraordinarily warm welcome. ann and i appreciate your friendship very, very much. thank you. now, al, you are right. a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. we -- blue jeans in the morning, perhaps. suits for a lunch fund-raiser. sport coat for dinner. but it's nice to finally relax and wear what ann and i wear around the house. i'm glad to be able to join in this venerable tradition. of course, i'm pleased that the president's here. we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened. and i credit that, of course, to the cardinal. it's taken new york's highest spiritual authority to get us back on our best behavior. i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he'll laugh at anything. of course, this isn't a night for serious politics, and it was especially nice to see president oba

dolans believe that zander was able to follow the scented.dopted him and they nursed him from the back from the brink of starvation. great story. to another unbelievable story, gas prices in california hitting an all time high. aaa reporting that a cost for gallon of regular gas jumped 12 cents overnight bringing the total 4.61, that 80 cents higher than the national average. is there any relief in sight. dominic is financial advisor joins us. hopefully, there is good news. first of all, why the high prices? what is causing this? >> again we had a similar problem. there is short term problems that are kind of unique to california. they had another refinery outage earlier in the week and that caused really shortages in the summer blend they need. earlier firings in august. the sum of perfect storm incidents have created a short term problem. hopefully we'll see relief in coming weeks. >> heather: there is simple explanation and real ex pla nation? >> the real explanation. on the average californians pay dollar per gallon 25% more than the nati

reporting live from far rockaway, jim dolan. channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, jim for finding such -- >> anyway. >> the mayor, new york city mayor says the problem with this, they're not only endangering themselves, but they're now endangering the lives of the first responders who have to go in and try to rescue them should it become an emergency situation. >> any storm, part of the country. you always find the diehard, i'm not going anywhere. put perspective in here. in a measurement of pure kinetic energy, rank the surge and wave destruction potential for sandy, just the hurricane not hybrid it eventually will become at a 5.8 on a 0-6 scale. a very strong, dangerous storm. if you can get to a safe place get out of the way and let mother nature do her thing and come back. >> unfortunately for the folks, sound too late. kind of trapped. >> enjoy the pizza, could be your last. >>> still ahead, hurricane sandy throwing a wrench in a lot of people's plans. two guys, you may have heard of, barack obama and mitt romney. >> we

plans to send a delegation of top church leaders to the country, including new york cardinal timothy dolan who is also head of the us conference of catholic bishops. the delegation will urge both sides to end the year-long conflict. more than 30,000 people have died and 300,000 have fled the violence. >>> when president obama addressed the clinton global initiative in new york last month, of all the topics he might have chosen, he singled out the scourge of international sex trafficking. >> i am talking about the injustice, the outrage of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name, modern slavery. we have a report today from fred de sam lazaro on father shea cullen, an irish catholic priest in the philippines who has devoted his life to rescuing thousands of young girls who had been swept up in sex trafficking and prostitution. >> reporter: angeles city is one of the asia's most notorious sex districts. even on a rainy evening, dozens of young women were outside their establishments on the lookout for customers. >> don't touch me, ma'am. >> reporter: shay cullen cuts a promis

the only person right in the middle separating them was the host, cardinal timothy dolan. they also shared the very same stage. >> president obama and i are each very lucky to have one person who's always in our corner, someone we can lean on an someone who's a comforting presence, without whom we wouldn't be able to go another day. i have my beautiful wife, ann. he has bill clinton. >> these guys were working it last night. it was very entertaining. the white house raises millions of dollars every year which benefits children in need. they had some strong writing out there. >> yeah, they did. no kidding. >> it was good stuff. 4:51 right now. still ahead this morning, chasing meteors. people right now searching the ground for pieces of that big-time meteor that lit up the bay area sky. what a sight that was. find out where some meteor hunters are looking for pieces. >>> a new rivalry might be brewing. the battle in the super bowl host city. >>> and we're looking at san jose, a nice drive right now. here's 101 at 680. we'll give you more details about some lights you're goi

the only person separating them was cardinal timothy dolan. it's a fun pre-election electra dwigs filled with jokes. >> president obama and i are each very lucky to have someone in our corner, someone we can lean on and who's a comforting presence. without whom we wouldn't be able to go another day. i have my beautiful wife ann, he has bill clinton. >> all in good fun. the white tie event raises millions of dollars for the foundation, which benefits children in need. >>> hogging seats, chatting loud loudly, putting bare feet next to other passengers. those pictures posted on facebook meant to shame and keep other riders in line. why does the transit agency rail against those violators? stephanie trong with the hall of fame of rude riders. >> reporter: the sounds of bart can be welcome, especially early in the morning. but the public transit experience isn't always so nice. >> it's easy to get 23rus traited. >> reporter: rude riders and gross habits weren't from occasional annoyances to plaguing his commute just about every day. >> a few friend

john dolan was sick in the hospital in new york. next the hospital found the dog and the staff called the phone number on the dog's license. it turns out the dog was in the lobby at the hospital. zander was in the hospital, a white husky and he walked along a highway crossed a stream all to get to his best friend. >> my wife priscilla was just saying, the whole time i was gone he is sitting in my spot on the bed in a ball. >> he will always remember that john brought him home from the shelter and i think that's where the loyalty comes from. >> dogs like zander have three million scent glands that help them track. lawrence was just asking. there is your answer. in this case the owner in the hospital. so that was nice. >>> 4:57. it didn't come up in the debate so why is mitt romney now saying something about the 47%? >> plus, airline anxiety. american grounds half of its fleet of 757s. how the slipping seats problem is affecting bay area flights. >> i'm glad i filled up my gas tank yesterday because just overnight, they have risen abo

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because it was over the line and he even brought cardinal dolan into the mix and it was almost like heook things into his stump speech and put them all together in a row. i found it to be off tone. there were funny lines in there but i found it to be off tone. >> i thought that he started off fine. he had a good joke about being rich are. which is a good place to go. and that is the way to make fun of mitt romney. but then as he kept aiming them, at the president, it was becoming increasingly political, and it was a little, just off. it was discomforting to watch. >> it was a notch below a campaign speech. i got the sense that i was watching a roast. rather than a speech where the person speaking was supposed to make jokes about himself. even in the clip you showed, you got a sense of what the president was doing. he was the main focus of his jokes, he was also the main focus of mitt romney's jokes and as crystal tweeted, saying this is starting to make me feel uncomfortable saying, i thought it was just me. >> me too. >> and i was ready to go with him because i've seen republicans do

. >> your evidence, cardinal dolan, mr. president, mayor bloomburg, senator schumer, al and anne smith, thank you for your invitation, thank you for your extraordinarily warm welcome. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. everyone please take your seat. >> who wrote that stuff? that was amazing! on monday it was back to sniping. the candidates will meet on foreign policy and libya might come up. the latest ripping leader -- ringleader is doing fine. he spent two leisurely hours on thursday evening at a crowded hotel siping mango juice on a patio and scoffing at the threats from the american and libyan governments. the paper later issued a correction, and this is real saying, quote, it was a strawberry frap and not mango juice. you know who else likes fraps? >> ed asner never gets old. bernie, let's start with the dinner. who had the better joke writers ? >> clearly president obama can siping al green, but that was a masterful performance. . >> it is al green. >> he was funny, confident, handsome, urbane, yo

. >> i think something was involved and the second one was john dolan hospitalized last week and dog broke out of the home and made it to the good samaritan hospital more than two miles away just to be by his side. >> a great story. >> and a quick one, which i did a measuring, online, actually more like speed dating, do it in person and had the first online chat today. >> you're speed dating? >> no. >> where do they stock up. >> keep listening, and you can read the transcript and kimberly one of the questions from a young lady just got offered a new job in the a different city and afraid to leave her family. bonus round mentoring question, what do you think about this. >> god opens new doors, be courageous and try something new, worse case scenario come back home. i moved to new york didn't know anybody here and worked out here and genuine friends. >> must have been tough for you. >> i'm serious, try new-- >> speed dating. >> oh, no, minutemen to mentori. >> a great week in politics, you know, unbelievable, which is this is the animal edition of "the five" big bird had a big week and

. >> cardinal dolan heading to syria. he is part of a have aed candle gages being sent by pope benedict xvi. syrians suffering through the civil war. the have aed can's cardinal bar tone says the church leaders quote cannot be simple spectators with such suffering and must try to reach a resolution. the delegation is set to leave next week. >> that is your 5@5:00. >>> for months president obama has touted both the death of osama bin laden and the idea that al qaeda is on the run. but now is he dropping that while on the campaign trail. peter doocy has a closer look for us. >> good morning patty ann, a big part of president obama's pitch to voters is a reminder that he ordered the raid against osama bin laden and the terrorist organization al qaeda is on the run as a result of his strong foreign policy. here's the president making that pitch last week. on october 1st 19 you said four years ago i told you we would end the war in iraq and i did. i said we would end the war in afghanistan and we are. i said we would refocus o

cardinal dolan has been critical of the president on the religious liberty issue.you invite everyone and you have a discussion. you do things that are for the common good, and this is for the common good. >> steve: one of the things i liked about last night was we've seen side by side, the president and mitt romney, now three times, two debates and last night. and mitt romney is not that wooden robot that the press and his -- the main stream media try to portray him as. >> he's threw with jay leno and letterman. he was very, very funny. >> steve: he killed it! >> the president was funny, too. but i think mitt romney was sharper, the writing was terrific, and the delivery was just fantastic. let me just say one thing before we leave, happy birthday to you. >> steve: thank you very much. >> happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. >> steve: happy birthday to your father, peter james johnson, senior. >> thank you. 91. >> steve: i'm sure he's watching. >> somebody want node sing to you. >> steve: i'll give you five dollars not to. he can sing to me during the comm